WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 You asked for it! 00:15.840 --> 00:17.720 Yes, you asked for it! 00:17.720 --> 00:22.560 Television's greatest all-time request show, brought to you by Skippy, 00:22.560 --> 00:25.800 America's largest selling peanut butter. 00:25.800 --> 00:29.640 If you like peanuts, you'll like Skippy. 00:29.640 --> 00:32.000 You asked for it! 00:32.000 --> 00:34.440 With your genie with the light white hair, 00:34.440 --> 00:41.440 Art Baker! 00:42.240 --> 00:45.760 Thank you very much, my friends. It's mighty nice to have you in our audience tonight 00:45.760 --> 00:49.120 for this show, which you practically write and produce yourself. 00:49.120 --> 00:52.640 We just stay here and have a good time, kind of answering the request that you put in 00:52.640 --> 00:54.400 for the unusually odd, 00:54.400 --> 00:56.620 and the practically impossible. 00:56.620 --> 01:01.400 Now, first priority of our first request tonight goes to our armed forces right here, 01:01.400 --> 01:03.800 because this comes, if you please, from uh... 01:03.800 --> 01:06.160 Fighter Squadron 191, 01:06.160 --> 01:10.880 USS Princeton, somewhere in Korean activities. 01:10.880 --> 01:14.760 And it says, Dear Art Baker, this morning, in our ship's paper, we came across a 01:14.760 --> 01:19.520 picture of a lovely-looking model from Pin-Ups magazine. 01:19.520 --> 01:22.620 Wow, what a morale booster she is! 01:22.620 --> 01:26.280 So how about shooting some more of that morale out this way? 01:26.280 --> 01:29.000 Fighter Squadron 191. 01:29.000 --> 01:30.360 All right, sir. 01:30.360 --> 01:32.400 Fighter Squadron 191, 01:32.400 --> 01:35.480 I'm very glad to have a chance to do this, because we uh... 01:35.480 --> 01:40.240 what you speak of is Pin-Ups magazine by Bernard of Hollywood here, 01:40.240 --> 01:44.640 and uh... because you asked for it, you will get some of more of these beautiful 01:44.640 --> 01:46.000 models, 01:46.000 --> 01:48.240 perhaps an autograph copy, who knows? 01:48.240 --> 01:55.240 So, let's see. 03:19.000 --> 03:26.000 Whatever! 03:47.040 --> 03:47.840 Ooops. 03:47.840 --> 03:49.300 You broke the pencil, huh? 03:49.300 --> 03:50.340 Don't worry about it, honey. 03:50.340 --> 03:53.140 You can autograph another one before you leave tonight, huh? 03:53.140 --> 04:11.420 Yes, dear fellows, enclosed, please find autographed pictures of your favorites in Pin-Up Magazine. 04:11.420 --> 04:12.660 You ask for it. 04:12.660 --> 04:16.500 Good luck to all of you on the USS Princeton. 04:16.500 --> 04:21.780 Sincerely, old man Baker. 04:21.780 --> 04:26.500 Well, sir, yes, this is kind of all in a day's work here. 04:26.500 --> 04:30.380 We'll send this off so it'll get there right away. 04:30.380 --> 04:37.340 We'll put in Bernard of Hollywood's Pin-Up Magazine and the letter. 04:37.340 --> 04:40.100 I'd like to tell you fellows that I didn't mind this assignment at all. 04:40.100 --> 04:49.660 In fact, I'm kind of glad that you asked for it. 04:49.660 --> 05:07.140 Today, in fact, every day in grocery stores like this right in your neighborhood, more 05:07.140 --> 05:12.780 people are putting more Skippy peanut butter in their market baskets than any other kind. 05:12.780 --> 05:14.180 Now, why is that? 05:14.180 --> 05:15.180 How come? 05:15.180 --> 05:18.260 Well, it isn't because the grocer forced them to do it. 05:18.260 --> 05:22.620 I swear he never twisted their arm and said you buy Skippy or else. 05:22.620 --> 05:26.780 It isn't because Skippy advertises more than all of the brands put together because we 05:26.780 --> 05:27.780 really don't. 05:27.780 --> 05:29.300 I'll tell you how simple it is. 05:29.300 --> 05:33.500 It's because you shoppers like yourself now are just plain smart. 05:33.500 --> 05:37.780 You're intelligent and you recognize superiority when you see it. 05:37.780 --> 05:43.580 Now you know that Skippy stays sweet and fresh and easy to spread right down to the bottom 05:43.580 --> 05:44.940 of the jar. 05:44.940 --> 05:50.220 And you also know that in Skippy you never find a trace of oil separation or any stickiness 05:50.220 --> 05:51.220 or any dryness. 05:51.220 --> 05:58.220 But of course, on top of that, you have the flavor of Skippy in mind, that wonderful flavor. 05:58.220 --> 06:00.660 It doesn't taste like peanut butter, you know. 06:00.660 --> 06:05.820 It tastes like big, plump, luscious, fresh roasted peanuts. 06:05.820 --> 06:09.220 Uh, madam, I've known this for a number of weeks now. 06:09.220 --> 06:13.020 You are one of our most loyal customers here for Skippy. 06:13.020 --> 06:16.220 Will you give an unsolicited testimonial for us, please? 06:16.220 --> 06:19.220 Yes, I would. 06:19.220 --> 06:33.940 If you like peanuts, you'll like Skippy. 06:33.940 --> 06:38.780 Friends I have here something it's kind of, it's kind of proud to hold. 06:38.780 --> 06:42.860 It's getting Academy Award time here in Hollywood, which is very exciting, you know, for us and 06:42.860 --> 06:45.400 I guess for all the rest of the country too. 06:45.400 --> 06:49.780 And it's through Margie Daniels of Chicago, Illinois that I hold this. 06:49.780 --> 06:52.020 No, I didn't win it myself. 06:52.020 --> 06:56.620 This was awarded back in 1947 to a most unusual picture. 06:56.620 --> 07:03.340 It was awarded, quote, for a novel and entertaining use of the motion picture medium. 07:03.340 --> 07:08.660 This is a special Academy Award citation, as I say, to an unusual picture. 07:08.660 --> 07:14.420 And because of this request from Margie Daniels of Chicago, we have for you two of the most 07:14.420 --> 07:17.620 wonderful stars of stage and screen. 07:17.620 --> 07:33.060 Petite, beautiful, lovely, here they are, Bill and Coo. 07:33.060 --> 07:34.380 I have fallen in love with them. 07:34.380 --> 07:35.380 I want to tell you, Mr. Burton. 07:35.380 --> 07:36.380 It's a pleasure. 07:36.380 --> 07:37.380 Very nice of you. 07:37.380 --> 07:38.380 You, you, you. 07:38.380 --> 07:39.380 A man with a paper. 07:39.380 --> 07:42.700 You go and get them because I have something to say about you anyhow. 07:42.700 --> 07:44.900 Mr. Burton, I found out his background here. 07:44.900 --> 07:47.980 It's a very unusual thing, the training of birds. 07:47.980 --> 07:52.380 He happened to be an ex-Bronco buster and he had a very serious accident. 07:52.380 --> 07:56.580 And while he was convalescing and recuperating, his wife got a swell idea for Valentine. 07:56.580 --> 07:59.900 Instead of a dinky little card, she bought him a canary. 07:59.900 --> 08:03.980 And from that, we come to this point here where we will enjoy, believe me, Bill and 08:03.980 --> 08:04.980 Coo. 08:04.980 --> 08:08.620 Tell me now, how do you get from your mind into these little minds here what you want 08:08.620 --> 08:09.620 them to do? 08:09.620 --> 08:10.620 Well, just patience. 08:10.620 --> 08:14.020 And, well, you got to be rather bird-brained. 08:14.020 --> 08:15.660 You're bird-brained yourself. 08:15.660 --> 08:18.020 Could you show us how you'd start to tell them what to do? 08:18.020 --> 08:19.300 Well, you just kind of figure out. 08:19.300 --> 08:23.460 Oh, yeah, there's one little scene I thought perhaps would interest the folks out there. 08:23.460 --> 08:28.660 It's a very taut love scene in the picture Bill and Coo while the birds are making love 08:28.660 --> 08:31.140 in the moonlight on a park bench. 08:31.140 --> 08:33.640 So we took it off the set and here's the bench. 08:33.640 --> 08:37.460 But we had a little difficulty right there because Bill and Coo were not acquainted with 08:37.460 --> 08:38.460 each other. 08:38.460 --> 08:41.060 Bill, the fellow over here, comes from Africa. 08:41.060 --> 08:42.820 He's a peach-faced lovebird. 08:42.820 --> 08:48.260 And his girlfriend, Coo, is a black mask from a district called Nazarene in Central Africa. 08:48.260 --> 08:50.180 So they were never properly introduced. 08:50.180 --> 08:56.020 So I'll try to show you just how we taught these birds to learn to pet or kiss on command. 08:56.020 --> 08:57.020 What's that thing? 08:57.020 --> 08:58.500 Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. 08:58.500 --> 09:02.220 I dug around the place and I found this old shaving brush. 09:02.220 --> 09:07.380 It's no good for anything else, but it takes the place of the extra partner when rehearsing 09:07.380 --> 09:08.380 these acts. 09:08.380 --> 09:09.380 So I'm going to stand in, in other words. 09:09.380 --> 09:12.260 So Bill, would you go in the perch and just pet? 09:12.260 --> 09:14.860 Yeah, pet real nice. 09:14.860 --> 09:15.860 That's the idea. 09:15.860 --> 09:20.820 And then I move the shaving brush over to this other side. 09:20.820 --> 09:22.620 And that's the stand in for Bill. 09:22.620 --> 09:25.180 Now Coo comes out and I hope does the same thing. 09:25.180 --> 09:27.180 If you remember it, would you pet Coo? 09:27.180 --> 09:28.180 Pet, pet. 09:28.180 --> 09:29.180 Oh, no, not. 09:29.180 --> 09:31.580 Now that's a different brush. 09:31.580 --> 09:32.580 That's the one. 09:32.580 --> 09:33.580 All right. 09:33.580 --> 09:34.580 Okay. 09:34.580 --> 09:40.580 And then we'll take the old shaving brush out and put Coo back in and Bill, come over 09:40.580 --> 09:41.700 here, would you please? 09:41.700 --> 09:44.980 And do that wonderful love scene, but don't ham it up too much. 09:44.980 --> 09:45.980 Pet a little bit, would you please? 09:45.980 --> 09:46.980 Pet a little more. 09:46.980 --> 09:49.980 Now Coo, can you kiss him back a little more? 09:49.980 --> 09:51.300 Yeah, she just pecked. 09:51.300 --> 09:54.300 She know how women are. 09:54.300 --> 10:01.700 At the present time, we're trying to teach another series of things in the park. 10:01.700 --> 10:04.900 So I got a little kind of a swing here. 10:04.900 --> 10:08.780 I could find anybody's backyard and Coo just dearly loves to swing. 10:08.780 --> 10:10.700 So get in there, would you please? 10:10.700 --> 10:12.460 And Bill, give her a little push. 10:12.460 --> 10:13.980 You can do the honors, would you please? 10:13.980 --> 10:15.980 And push her real nice. 10:15.980 --> 10:16.980 That's it. 10:16.980 --> 10:17.980 And turn around and talk to her. 10:17.980 --> 10:18.980 Okay. 10:18.980 --> 10:23.620 Now we'll cut it kind of short. 10:23.620 --> 10:27.780 But one thing that happens, anybody goes through the park, if you don't run onto it, we'll 10:27.780 --> 10:28.780 have a hot dog stand. 10:28.780 --> 10:31.780 And it's hard to get a drink at times, so we found a little pump. 10:31.780 --> 10:33.780 And Bill, will you come out here? 10:33.780 --> 10:35.220 I'll get Coo first. 10:35.220 --> 10:39.420 Coo, you come out there and maybe Bill will come out and pump you a little drink of water, 10:39.420 --> 10:41.100 will you please? 10:41.100 --> 10:42.700 All right. 10:42.700 --> 10:45.660 Get on the pump handle and just go up and down with it, you know. 10:45.660 --> 10:47.540 Bill, hurry up. 10:47.540 --> 10:48.540 Pump real good. 10:48.540 --> 10:49.740 The water hasn't come yet. 10:49.740 --> 10:50.740 That's it. 10:50.740 --> 10:51.740 Pump hard. 10:51.740 --> 10:52.740 Coo, you can get a drink now. 10:52.740 --> 10:53.740 The water's running. 10:53.740 --> 10:54.740 Okay. 10:54.740 --> 10:55.740 Okay. 10:55.740 --> 11:02.980 And perhaps everyone out there will remember, well, that wild night when they had in the 11:02.980 --> 11:07.180 picture Bill and Coo, when the Renros Hotel was burning to the ground. 11:07.180 --> 11:12.500 Bill, of course, was the hero and he headed the fire department, the volunteer fire department. 11:12.500 --> 11:15.980 So Coo doesn't belong, but she consented to ride. 11:15.980 --> 11:18.020 And maybe I'll ask you to ring the bell a little bit. 11:18.020 --> 11:19.020 Could you ring the bell? 11:19.020 --> 11:20.020 Okay. 11:20.020 --> 11:23.100 It isn't very loud, but Bill, now there's no fire tonight, so just take it easy. 11:23.100 --> 11:25.620 Take your time, will you please? 11:25.620 --> 11:26.620 You got to get... 11:26.620 --> 11:27.620 Or you can go faster than that. 11:27.620 --> 11:28.620 Turn around and come back. 11:28.620 --> 11:29.620 Go ahead. 11:29.620 --> 11:30.620 We might just as well have been in the firehouse. 11:30.620 --> 11:38.020 There wasn't any fire anyway and he knew it. 11:38.020 --> 11:41.340 Now everyone knows how strong Superman is. 11:41.340 --> 11:43.740 Well, wait till you see Bill. 11:43.740 --> 11:47.020 Coo, maybe you better help us a little bit on this. 11:47.020 --> 11:51.340 You come out here and kind of get in that little perch and just go for the ride. 11:51.340 --> 11:54.020 Then I'll get Bill in a little act called Iron Jaw. 11:54.020 --> 11:55.660 Leave it not, Coo and the perch are heavier than he is. 11:55.660 --> 11:58.620 So Bill, reach down and pick her up and we'll swing it. 11:58.620 --> 12:02.820 Now he's got pretty strong teeth for a bird at that, but if you swing him too long, he 12:02.820 --> 12:03.820 ought to run and rush to his head. 12:03.820 --> 12:07.820 See, I think he's getting busy already. 12:07.820 --> 12:08.820 Okay. 12:08.820 --> 12:13.740 Now this next trick, well, this next one is really not a trick at all. 12:13.740 --> 12:17.620 It involves money and well, everybody knows birds work for a birdseed. 12:17.620 --> 12:19.660 They have no reason for any money. 12:19.660 --> 12:25.540 But this little lady represents the American cross where it does so much work all over 12:25.540 --> 12:28.100 the world, especially the present emergency. 12:28.100 --> 12:30.100 And we take some money and lay it over here. 12:30.100 --> 12:33.980 And this, just to show you that this trick is so simple that even people can do it. 12:33.980 --> 12:38.140 So Bill, would you come out there and get one of these little corns and put it right 12:38.140 --> 12:39.220 there. 12:39.220 --> 12:40.220 You're getting your own shadow. 12:40.220 --> 12:44.140 Now pick it up and put it, give it to the little lady, will you please? 12:44.140 --> 12:45.580 Now don't look at it that way. 12:45.580 --> 12:46.580 Come on over and put it. 12:46.580 --> 12:47.580 That's it. 12:47.580 --> 12:49.700 Now get one for Mr. Baker. 12:49.700 --> 12:50.700 Hurry up. 12:50.700 --> 12:51.700 Hurry up, be nice. 12:51.700 --> 12:55.060 Turn around, put it right here, be nice. 12:55.060 --> 12:56.060 That's it. 12:56.060 --> 12:57.060 And one for you now. 12:57.060 --> 12:58.060 Go back. 12:58.060 --> 12:59.660 You'll walk on it, kid. 12:59.660 --> 13:01.620 That's a quarter. 13:01.620 --> 13:03.940 We need every quarter we can get in this thing. 13:03.940 --> 13:04.940 Put it in, Bill. 13:04.940 --> 13:10.940 Now give me a rough idea of what you do with birds. 13:10.940 --> 13:14.020 Well, that's not a rough idea. 13:14.020 --> 13:15.940 That's an amazing idea there too. 13:15.940 --> 13:18.420 I understand that you raised a lot of money for the March of Dimes. 13:18.420 --> 13:20.940 Yes, we raised $140 already this year. 13:20.940 --> 13:23.220 I think that is a one, I can stand for one hour. 13:23.220 --> 13:24.220 Look at that, Mr. Burton. 13:24.220 --> 13:25.540 Well, it's been a pleasure, Mr. Baker. 13:25.540 --> 13:28.660 I'm sorry you had an injury, but I'm glad that you picked up this hobby. 13:28.660 --> 13:30.340 Well, I am glad too. 13:30.340 --> 13:31.820 Thank you for helping us with this request. 13:31.820 --> 13:34.780 And Bill and Coo, we thank you also. 13:34.780 --> 13:37.740 And to letter writer Marge Daniels of Chicago. 13:37.740 --> 13:38.740 It was mighty nice of you. 13:38.740 --> 13:43.300 We're very glad that you asked for it. 13:43.300 --> 13:56.820 Of course, it reminds me that nothing happens on this show unless you ask for it. 13:56.820 --> 13:59.260 And then anything can happen, as you know. 13:59.260 --> 14:03.540 Come on, get your thinking caps on, ask for something of the kind of challenges here now. 14:03.540 --> 14:08.460 Something that you want to see, odd, unusual, bizarre, or out of this world-ish. 14:08.460 --> 14:09.460 That's what we're here for. 14:09.460 --> 14:10.460 Here's our number. 14:10.460 --> 14:14.340 Thank you for asking for it, March 3, 2, 3. 14:14.340 --> 14:16.300 Hollywood 28, California. 14:16.300 --> 14:17.300 And thank you. 14:17.300 --> 14:43.620 See you again when I go to my upscale bar. 14:43.620 --> 14:51.920 ♪ 14:51.920 --> 14:54.420 Ladies and gentlemen, don't want to interrupt this song right now, 14:54.420 --> 14:56.560 but this is Johnny Ukulele. 14:56.560 --> 14:58.960 And a very interesting character, believe me. 14:58.960 --> 15:00.900 I'll tell you about it a little bit later on. 15:00.900 --> 15:03.300 The reason he is here is to graciously grant a request 15:03.300 --> 15:04.900 that came in from Texas. 15:04.900 --> 15:08.640 Yes sir, Sally Hazard from Dallas, Texas. 15:08.640 --> 15:09.800 Now this is what Mrs. Hazard said, 15:09.800 --> 15:11.280 Dear Art Baker, 15:11.280 --> 15:14.240 During the war, I was in the WACs overseas, 15:14.240 --> 15:18.280 and I saw real cowboys and real cattle over in Hawaii. 15:18.280 --> 15:21.280 But my husband, a typical Texan, just laughs at me and says, 15:21.280 --> 15:25.460 Oh yes, I suppose the cowboys wear grass skirts, huh? 15:25.460 --> 15:27.220 And that is why I'm asking you to show him 15:27.220 --> 15:30.900 some real Hawaiian cowboys, just like the ones I saw. 15:30.900 --> 15:32.900 Sincerely, Mrs. Sally Hazard. 15:32.900 --> 15:34.700 All right, Mrs. Hazard, I'm glad you asked for this, 15:34.700 --> 15:36.740 because your husband will see. 15:36.740 --> 15:39.180 Some real cattle running, believe me, 15:39.180 --> 15:41.940 on one of the largest ranches in the entire world. 15:41.940 --> 15:44.080 It's an amazing ranch over in Hawaii. 15:44.080 --> 15:46.140 It's called the Parker Ranch. 15:46.140 --> 15:48.580 And this film, taken in Hawaii, 15:48.580 --> 15:50.980 is by the Carl Dudley Productions. 15:53.460 --> 15:58.460 ♪ Wiki wiki, my oh eh, my ko no mai, 15:58.460 --> 16:08.460 ♪ Wehi wehi ke ia mai pona moi, 16:08.460 --> 16:14.480 ♪ Maika noau i ka pamuala, 16:14.480 --> 16:21.480 ♪ E lahila a upaha mai nei oe, 16:21.480 --> 16:29.480 ♪ Ke ia mau no wiki wiki mai, 16:29.480 --> 16:37.500 ♪ Oe i ke i ka nani ku mau, 16:37.500 --> 16:52.500 ♪ Mai oe kawai nei laila e i wehi no iu, 16:52.500 --> 17:07.500 ♪ Oe i wehi oe, oe i wehi oe, u ma mai i e i e i oe. 17:07.500 --> 17:12.500 ♪ 17:12.500 --> 17:15.000 I think the same to you. 17:15.000 --> 17:18.000 You see, you always bring a wonderful lei 17:18.000 --> 17:21.000 that you make all the boys from the Parker Ranch. 17:21.000 --> 17:23.500 Oh, that is beautiful. 17:23.500 --> 17:25.000 Hey, out of a look, it is. 17:25.000 --> 17:26.500 I'll be your kind of... 17:26.500 --> 17:28.000 It's like a kanaka. 17:28.000 --> 17:30.000 I'd like you to know, your name in Hawaiian, please. 17:30.000 --> 17:31.500 Kaiue, which means? 17:31.500 --> 17:32.500 A parade. 17:32.500 --> 17:33.000 A parade. 17:33.000 --> 17:34.000 That's right. 17:34.000 --> 17:35.500 I would like you to also know that on this Parker Ranch 17:35.500 --> 17:38.500 that I speak of, which you could see was quite enormous, 17:38.500 --> 17:41.000 you practically lived there, didn't you? 17:41.000 --> 17:43.500 Oh, I lived there with my dad. 17:43.500 --> 17:44.500 Your dad was the... 17:44.500 --> 17:45.500 The foreman of the... 17:45.500 --> 17:47.000 Was the foreman, oh great. 17:47.000 --> 17:48.000 Years ago. 17:48.000 --> 17:50.500 Now, you heard the criticism, but you didn't. 17:50.500 --> 17:54.500 She wants to know if they wear grass skirts, the cowboys. 17:54.500 --> 17:56.000 No. 17:56.000 --> 17:58.000 You got tough cowboys over there like Texans? 17:58.000 --> 17:59.500 Oh, yeah, we rock it down. 17:59.500 --> 18:01.000 We have a lot of rugged cowboys on that too. 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 You do singing, which you use the ukulele. 18:03.000 --> 18:04.000 It's ukulele, isn't it? 18:04.000 --> 18:04.500 Ukulele. 18:04.500 --> 18:06.000 Ukulele instead of the guitar. 18:06.000 --> 18:06.500 Yeah. 18:06.500 --> 18:08.500 Do you sing anything like we sing? 18:08.500 --> 18:10.000 Like Home and Ranch, you mean? 18:10.000 --> 18:11.000 Yeah, something... 18:11.000 --> 18:11.500 Oh, sure. 18:11.500 --> 18:13.500 You know any of the up-to-date ones that we have? 18:13.500 --> 18:14.500 I can't think of any. 18:14.500 --> 18:17.000 You mean like... 18:17.000 --> 18:19.000 Wagon Wheel or... 18:19.000 --> 18:20.500 What do you call, Mule Train, you mean? 18:20.500 --> 18:22.500 Oh, well, Mule Train, you wouldn't have that over there. 18:22.500 --> 18:24.000 Well, we sing it in Hawaiian. 18:24.000 --> 18:25.000 That, I got to hear. 18:25.000 --> 18:26.000 Would you like to hear it? 18:26.000 --> 18:26.500 Yes, I would. 18:26.500 --> 18:27.500 Okay. 18:27.500 --> 18:31.500 ♪♪ 18:31.500 --> 18:33.000 Hoa mai aue! 18:33.000 --> 18:34.000 Wailaka'au! 18:34.000 --> 18:37.000 ♪♪ 18:37.000 --> 18:40.000 Mulakahi! 18:40.000 --> 18:44.500 ♪♪ 18:44.500 --> 18:47.500 Mulakahi! 18:47.500 --> 18:50.500 ♪♪ 18:50.500 --> 18:52.000 Hele mai mai oe! 18:52.000 --> 18:56.500 Ka pali pala halaha! 18:56.500 --> 18:58.000 Hei ka mai noe! 18:58.000 --> 19:06.000 Ka huki, huki mai oe! 19:06.000 --> 19:09.000 Hei mai oe! 19:09.000 --> 19:14.500 Hei mai oe! 19:14.500 --> 19:23.500 He lulu lulu mai nei a kamakua 19:23.500 --> 19:28.000 Mulakahi! 19:28.000 --> 19:30.500 Yaha! 19:30.500 --> 19:33.500 Wailaka'au! 19:33.500 --> 19:38.500 Hokikahi! 19:38.500 --> 19:43.000 Yaha! 19:43.000 --> 19:48.500 Hokikahi! 19:48.500 --> 19:49.500 Yaha! 19:49.500 --> 19:50.500 Ha! 19:50.500 --> 19:55.000 ♪♪ 19:55.000 --> 20:04.500 ♪♪ 20:04.500 --> 20:08.000 I have a letter here that I know what is in this. 20:08.000 --> 20:10.000 Don't have to study it because I've studied it before. 20:10.000 --> 20:12.500 This is from Frank King of San Leandro, California. 20:12.500 --> 20:14.000 A very interesting question. 20:14.000 --> 20:18.500 He'd like to know if anyone could be hypnotized through television. 20:18.500 --> 20:20.000 Well, now I don't know. 20:20.000 --> 20:24.000 I've been interested in hypnotism for, oh, 16 years. 20:24.000 --> 20:27.000 But I haven't the slightest idea whether it would work on television or not. 20:27.000 --> 20:28.500 Not the slightest. 20:28.500 --> 20:33.000 Now, of course, if I were to attempt to hypnotize, 20:33.000 --> 20:39.000 I would have you look deep, deep into my eyes. 20:39.000 --> 20:41.000 And then, of course, it could work. 20:41.000 --> 20:43.000 Your mind would play strange tricks. 20:43.000 --> 20:46.500 And instead of my eyes, you would begin to view 20:46.500 --> 20:52.000 two plump, selected, fresh-roasted peanuts. 20:52.000 --> 20:56.000 Then you would get hungry, very hungry, for peanuts. 20:56.000 --> 20:59.500 Then your mind would think immediately of the one peanut butter 20:59.500 --> 21:07.000 that tastes exactly like gorgeous, uninhibited, unexpurgated peanuts. 21:07.000 --> 21:13.000 And then, of course, you would think of the peanut butter 21:13.000 --> 21:17.000 that stays fresh as a daisy. 21:17.000 --> 21:21.500 That, of course, is Skippy, because Skippy is the one and only peanut butter 21:21.500 --> 21:24.000 that removes the stalemakers. 21:24.000 --> 21:26.500 By this time, of course, your taste buds would be acting up 21:26.500 --> 21:28.000 so that you could hardly stand it. 21:28.000 --> 21:30.000 And your mind then would say, 21:30.000 --> 21:34.000 tomorrow at exactly 19 minutes after 10, 21:34.000 --> 21:39.000 I'm going to the grocers and pick up two jars of Skippy. 21:39.000 --> 21:43.000 Skippy. Skippy peanut butter. 21:43.000 --> 21:46.000 Now that's assuming, of course, that something could be done 21:46.000 --> 21:48.000 with hypnotism on television. 21:48.000 --> 21:52.000 I haven't the slightest idea what would happen. 21:52.000 --> 21:56.000 Just think, the entire world will never know the result 21:56.000 --> 22:01.000 of this extraordinary experiment until 19 minutes after 10, 22:01.000 --> 22:04.000 tomorrow morning. I can hardly wait. Can you? 22:04.000 --> 22:19.000 ♪♪♪ 22:19.000 --> 22:22.000 Welcome home, gang. 22:22.000 --> 22:25.000 What's more fun than a reunion, huh? 22:25.000 --> 22:27.000 People who haven't seen each other for a long time get together, 22:27.000 --> 22:28.000 I don't know what it could be. 22:28.000 --> 22:32.000 And this letter is going to bring one of the most unusual ones to you. 22:32.000 --> 22:35.000 This is from Mrs. Irma McCann of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 22:35.000 --> 22:37.000 And she writes an unusual request here. 22:37.000 --> 22:40.000 It says, Dear Art Baker, long ago, I used to take my children 22:40.000 --> 22:44.000 to any theater that advertised an hour-gang comedy 22:44.000 --> 22:47.000 with those cute kids, Fatty and Freckles and Johnny and Farid 22:47.000 --> 22:48.000 and all the others. 22:48.000 --> 22:52.000 But it seems like 25 years ago. Could that be possible? 22:52.000 --> 22:55.000 I am curious to see what they look like now. 22:55.000 --> 22:58.000 Sincerely, Mrs. Irma McCann. 22:58.000 --> 23:01.000 Well, all right, Mrs. McCann. Yes, it was 25 years ago. 23:01.000 --> 23:04.000 And back in those days when the screen flashed on an hour-gang comedy, 23:04.000 --> 23:07.000 there was the whistling and stamping of feet and shouting and clapping 23:07.000 --> 23:10.000 as with our popular things today, believe me. 23:10.000 --> 23:13.000 And so I think I can brush up your memory very quickly 23:13.000 --> 23:15.000 if you look over these pictures, will you? 23:15.000 --> 23:19.000 There they are in a very peaceful pose there. 23:19.000 --> 23:22.000 Ah, as cops. And look at the big ears on the donkey there. 23:22.000 --> 23:26.000 You remember now? There they are belligerent, the fisticuffs, 23:26.000 --> 23:28.000 I think they call it polite society. 23:28.000 --> 23:30.000 And there they are grouped on a wagon there. 23:30.000 --> 23:33.000 I think I'll go right over their names for you from left to right. 23:33.000 --> 23:38.000 Jackie Condon, Joe Cobb as Fatty, Mary Kornman, Mickey Daniel, 23:38.000 --> 23:42.000 Johnny Downs, and Farina Allen Hoskins. 23:42.000 --> 23:45.000 That is how they looked 25 years ago, my friend. 23:45.000 --> 23:49.000 Here is how they look today. 23:49.000 --> 23:52.000 ♪♪ 23:52.000 --> 23:57.000 -♪♪ 23:57.000 --> 24:01.000 -♪♪ Oh, yes, sir, the gang's all here. 24:01.000 --> 24:03.000 And starting at this end instead of the other end. 24:03.000 --> 24:07.000 This is Farina. I always thought you were a little girl. 24:07.000 --> 24:11.000 You had pig tails? Where's the pig tail gone? 24:11.000 --> 24:12.000 -♪♪ Kind of went. 24:12.000 --> 24:14.000 -♪♪ A little different, then. 24:14.000 --> 24:16.000 You in theatrical work at all now? 24:16.000 --> 24:19.000 Well, not now. I was for a while, but about four years ago, 24:19.000 --> 24:21.000 I decided I liked to eat regular. 24:21.000 --> 24:24.000 Eat regular? You got married, too, I'll bet you. 24:24.000 --> 24:25.000 Yeah, I got a little boy. 24:25.000 --> 24:28.000 Oh, that's swell. We're all, but we got the same twinkle in your eye. 24:28.000 --> 24:29.000 Right next here is little Johnny. 24:29.000 --> 24:30.000 Hi, how are you? 24:30.000 --> 24:31.000 Johnny Downs. 24:31.000 --> 24:32.000 Good to see you. 24:32.000 --> 24:33.000 I don't have to ask Johnny Downs if he's in theatrical work 24:33.000 --> 24:37.000 because we see him on films that are probably 12 or 13 years old in television. 24:37.000 --> 24:40.000 Not only that, but he had New York plays to his credit 24:40.000 --> 24:45.000 and also is emceeing his own TV show starting this last week. 24:45.000 --> 24:48.000 Gee, yeah, I had a big thrill today, Art. 24:48.000 --> 24:52.000 My wife and all four little kids came on the show with me. 24:52.000 --> 24:53.000 Four youngsters you have. 24:53.000 --> 24:54.000 Yeah. 24:54.000 --> 24:56.000 I'm telling you, congratulations to you. 24:56.000 --> 24:57.000 I heard some awful nice things about you. 24:57.000 --> 24:58.000 And here's Freckles. 24:58.000 --> 25:00.000 What happened to the Freckles, huh? 25:00.000 --> 25:02.000 Ha ha ha ha ha ha! 25:02.000 --> 25:03.000 They vanished. 25:03.000 --> 25:05.000 They vanished, they really did. 25:05.000 --> 25:08.000 What a big boy you grew up to be, brother. 25:08.000 --> 25:09.000 Still a kind of a tough nut. 25:09.000 --> 25:11.000 Did you have trouble with this guy back in the day, Art? 25:11.000 --> 25:12.000 Oh, he's all right. 25:12.000 --> 25:15.000 Could you take him down, make him your size, huh? 25:15.000 --> 25:17.000 And here is Fatty. 25:17.000 --> 25:18.000 Hello, Art. 25:18.000 --> 25:21.000 Fatty, have you lost much weight, if I may be so polite as to ask? 25:21.000 --> 25:23.000 Well, I don't know, Art. 25:23.000 --> 25:25.000 I don't think so. 25:25.000 --> 25:27.000 No, I don't think so. 25:27.000 --> 25:31.000 The camera angle from the side will have to look you over there, if you believe me on that. 25:31.000 --> 25:33.000 Are you in theatrical work at all? 25:33.000 --> 25:34.000 No, I'm not. 25:34.000 --> 25:36.000 Well, they tell me that you're in defense work. 25:36.000 --> 25:37.000 Yes, I am. 25:37.000 --> 25:40.000 I'm at North American Aviation in Downey, California, 25:40.000 --> 25:44.000 and I've been out there nearly five years, Art. 25:44.000 --> 25:45.000 I'm in plastics. 25:45.000 --> 25:46.000 Plastic work. 25:46.000 --> 25:48.000 Yes, and I like it awfully well, Art. 25:48.000 --> 25:49.000 And I bet they like you, too. 25:49.000 --> 25:50.000 Yes, they do. 25:50.000 --> 25:51.000 Fatty, I'm glad to see you. 25:51.000 --> 25:52.000 And here's Jackie. 25:52.000 --> 25:53.000 Jackie, the hair looks different to me. 25:53.000 --> 25:54.000 Yes, it does. 25:54.000 --> 25:55.000 I guess I outgrew it, Art. 25:55.000 --> 25:57.000 What do they call you with a hair comb? 25:57.000 --> 26:00.000 Little Jackie Connan, who used to comb his hair with an egg beater. 26:00.000 --> 26:01.000 An egg beater. 26:01.000 --> 26:03.000 Right back here, you know. 26:03.000 --> 26:06.000 Have you got the end of being an actor, or did you? 26:06.000 --> 26:07.000 Yes, sir, I do. 26:07.000 --> 26:09.000 You know, you never get out of your butt completely. 26:09.000 --> 26:10.000 I guess not. 26:10.000 --> 26:12.000 And recently I've been studying with Florence Enright, 26:12.000 --> 26:13.000 who's a very fine coach. 26:13.000 --> 26:14.000 Oh, yes, studying dramatics. 26:14.000 --> 26:15.000 Oh, yes, you do. 26:15.000 --> 26:16.000 You'd kind of like to get back in again, huh? 26:16.000 --> 26:17.000 Well, I hope so. 26:17.000 --> 26:18.000 Well, I hope so, too. 26:18.000 --> 26:20.000 And if you do, the best of luck to you. 26:20.000 --> 26:23.000 Say, I ran the gamut here and nothing happened to me at all, 26:23.000 --> 26:24.000 which is unusual for the gang. 26:24.000 --> 26:26.000 So being such good boys, come with me. 26:26.000 --> 26:27.000 I've got a surprise for you. 26:27.000 --> 26:28.000 Come on. 26:28.000 --> 26:41.000 Let me introduce you. 26:41.000 --> 26:43.000 I'll tell you who these folks are. 26:43.000 --> 26:46.000 This is the teacher, Mrs. Vern Carter. 26:46.000 --> 26:49.000 Oh, you can't see them. 26:49.000 --> 26:50.000 I'm standing in front. 26:50.000 --> 26:52.000 Mrs. Carter had to teach these brats back there. 26:52.000 --> 26:54.000 Mrs. Carter, were they all right? 26:54.000 --> 26:56.000 Did they give you that white hair? 26:56.000 --> 26:58.000 You have the director. 26:58.000 --> 26:59.000 Here's Bob McGowan here. 26:59.000 --> 27:01.000 Mr. McGowan had to teach him how to act. 27:01.000 --> 27:04.000 And that was quite a job, too, but you did a marvelous job with him. 27:04.000 --> 27:07.000 And here's the cameraman, Art Lloyd, 27:07.000 --> 27:11.000 who took the profile of Fatty to give him that thing and the rest of it. 27:11.000 --> 27:13.000 And it's so nice of you to join this party. 27:13.000 --> 27:14.000 Don't you think so? 27:14.000 --> 27:16.000 I wish I had a half of a free beer. 27:16.000 --> 27:20.000 I'm really glad to see you. 27:20.000 --> 27:23.000 And Mr. McGowan, on behalf of all of us, 27:23.000 --> 27:29.000 we certainly want to thank you for all that wonderful motion picture training you gave us as kids. 27:29.000 --> 27:33.000 Mr. McGowan, I think I'll ask you to do the honors, sir, will you? 27:33.000 --> 27:36.000 Get at the cake there and come on and have it. 27:36.000 --> 27:38.000 And sing a piece for me. 27:38.000 --> 27:41.000 Thank you. 27:52.000 --> 27:54.000 As I said to begin with, I like reunions. 27:54.000 --> 27:56.000 There's something about it. 27:56.000 --> 27:59.000 And seeing someone you haven't seen for a long time, you've been associated with, 27:59.000 --> 28:05.000 I forgot to tell you that Mrs. Cornman, the one girl in our gang, I slipped by there. 28:05.000 --> 28:06.000 She could not make it. 28:06.000 --> 28:07.000 I probably don't blame her. 28:07.000 --> 28:10.000 She's been there for an awful time, back in the days of one girl or them. 28:10.000 --> 28:13.000 Well, it's time now, no more requests can be granted. 28:13.000 --> 28:15.000 But we're waiting for yours for next week to give us orders. 28:15.000 --> 28:16.000 What do you want to see? 28:16.000 --> 28:20.000 The unusual, the odd, and right in, here's our number, if you will, please. 28:20.000 --> 28:25.000 It's you ask for it, Box 323, Hollywood 28, California. 28:25.000 --> 28:29.000 And now on behalf of our sponsors, Skippy, the world's largest selling peanut butter, 28:29.000 --> 28:39.000 I bid you good night. 28:59.000 --> 29:22.000 Good night.